Here at The Lutheran Church of Our Savior, our Sunday worship is the central gathering of our community. Like the early church, we follow historical and well-established patterns that help us worship together in harmony. These patterns are called liturgies.
When you arrive, you’ll receive a bulletin for that week’s service. This bulletin is your guide through the day’s liturgy—it shows when to stand, sit, sing, pray, and speak. These regular patterns allow us to set aside worry about “what comes next” and instead focus on prayer, reflection, and participation. If you ever find the written liturgy overwhelming, you are welcome simply to rest, listen, and take in the worship in your own way.
Our primary source for worship is Evangelical Lutheran Worship (ELW), published in 2006. The Lutheran tradition is deeply musical, and the ELW offers a rich variety of liturgical settings and hymns drawn from many times and places in the church’s history.
Different seasons of the church year call for different liturgies. Many liturgies also have multiple musical settings, which means we can keep worship fresh and engaging while also honoring the beauty of beloved and historic forms. We typically change musical settings with each major season of the church year.